[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.2712 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2712 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2712 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2712) (iii) Pāpopāsana. The jīvātmā of one who does not follow the injunctions of śāstras correctly does not attain Candraloka. It is born again as pests and insects attaining a place called Tṛtīya. There is no evidence in the Purāṇas of their attaining mokṣa. How a soul subjected to rebirths attains mokṣa is described under 'Mokṣa'. (Chāndogya Upaniṣad, Gītā, Bhāgavata, Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad). - [Previous: c8.2711](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2711) - [Next: c8.2713](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2713) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (4) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya) — Sanskrit - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śvetāśvataropaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.svetasvatara) — Śvetāśvatara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2712) · Pramāṇa